Accounts

Creation

Accounts are created for:

people doing CS research

faculty

graduate students

staff

CS concentrators

undergraduates doing research with a CS faculty member, and

students taking CS courses.

All accounts must have a faculty sponsor, either directly or through registration for a course. Requests for accounts for graduate students are made by a graduate student representative at the start of the academic year. Requests for undergraduate accounts are made by a faculty member or by TAs at the beginning of each semester.

Expiration

Since all accounts expire when the owner's association with the department ends, each account will have an expiration date associated with it. A review of all accounts is done at the beginning and end of each semester. Idle accounts, accounts with an expiration date that has arrived, or accounts not associated with a course will be slated for removal.

All accounts on the list will not automatically be removed - the expiration date is just an administrative guide and can be easily extended at faculty request. A list of accounts to be removed is emailed to announce@lists.cs.brown.edu (all cs accounts get a copy) and individual mail is sent to each person on the list informing them of the upcoming removal of their account. Between posting the list and removing the accounts, a month or so is given to be sure that everyone has had the opportunity to respond, if necessary.